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反対語 (はんたいご) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

反はん対たい語ご

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Meanings

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Linguistic term for a word with the opposite meaning of another word.

「大おおきい」の反はん対たい語ごは「小ちいさい」です。

Kanji

反anti-
対vis-a-vis, opposite, even
語word, speech, language

Related words

対たい義ぎ語ご
Synonym for 'antonym', also a linguistic term. 反対語 is more common in everyday explanations, while 対義語 is slightly more technical.

The antonym of 'big' is 'small'.

類るい義ぎ語ご

Means 'synonym', the opposite concept of 反対語.

Built from

反はん対たい+語ご

Etymology

Compound of 反対 (opposite) and 語 (word).